showier; showiest
1
: making an attractive show : striking
a showy orchid
2
: given to or marked by a flashy often tasteless display
Examples of showy in a Sentence
Perhaps you should wear something a little less showy.
orchid plants are known for their huge showy flowers
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Toad Lily
The toad lily is a showy, shade-loving perennial with small orchid-like flowers in zones 4a-9b.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 June 2025
Name: Itea virginica Size: 2-6 feet tall, 4-6 feet wide
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Winterberry
A slow-growing, deciduous, multi-stemmed shrub, winterberry is a show-stopper in winter when female plants produce an abundance of showy berries on their bare branches.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2025
This appetite for creating showy attention-grabbing news has produced a delightfully positive trend: a jaw-dropping spike in bars with a view.
—Kathryn Streeter, USA Today, 28 May 2025
Timbers is never a low-key director, and though this is fluffy material, he is energized by a showy star and riffing on the kinds of tricks he’s done in Here Lies Love and elsewhere.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2025
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 June 2025
Name: Itea virginica Size: 2-6 feet tall, 4-6 feet wide
Zones: 5-9
19 of 20
Winterberry
A slow-growing, deciduous, multi-stemmed shrub, winterberry is a show-stopper in winter when female plants produce an abundance of showy berries on their bare branches.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2025
This appetite for creating showy attention-grabbing news has produced a delightfully positive trend: a jaw-dropping spike in bars with a view.
—Kathryn Streeter, USA Today, 28 May 2025
Timbers is never a low-key director, and though this is fluffy material, he is energized by a showy star and riffing on the kinds of tricks he’s done in Here Lies Love and elsewhere.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for showy
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“Showy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/showy. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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